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This board turned out to have some really interesting spalting…........
And, upon closer examination:...........
One with our stacks:........
And our final parting shot! ........
This concludes the milling process. What a blessing it was to have Mike’s support in this process. I can thank LJ for that! And a HUGE thanks to Mike directly! That was a lot of fun last Wednesday. Just amazing what can come from this place.....
The lumber sat for a day (Thanksgiving) before heading to its resting place where it will air dry for a year or so – probably through next summer at the very minimum. I’ll post the stacking and stickering process in the next installment. Sawdust2 will surely enjoy the pictures of the lumber drying…very Zen.

Man, that is truly beautiful. And to think the spalting is just the result of fungi living and dying, doing what they do in a seemingly random way. By uncovering these planks another wonder that would have wound up in the ground or ground into mulch gets to be viewed and marveled at. And then your artistry and efforts will give that old maple new life again as a treasured box or table or…Now that’s Zen.Thanks for sharing this huge undertaking with your fellow LJs. Great blog, Dorje.

My, my, you did find a treasure, didn’t you? Carleen spotted a slab of 6/4 spalted and thought it would make a neat table It was about 36 by 18. the wanted $300 for it. I guess we’ll just have to wait to see it when it is dry. Better store it inside, it’ll never dry in Seattle. On second thought maybe you’d better bring it down here to the desert. It would dry a lot quicker. LOL

You know, I live just north of Seattle and have LOTS of room to store and season wood at my work place. If you run out of space, please feel free to give me a call – there might be a slight wood storage surcharge, payable in spalted lumber only ;-)